V-54 diesel engine
E558503
The V-54 diesel engine is a Soviet V-12, water-cooled, four-stroke diesel powerplant widely used to propel T-54 main battle tanks and their variants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| V-54 diesel engine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5979220 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: V-54 diesel engine Context triple: [T-54 tank, engineType, V-54 diesel engine]
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A.
SACM V8X-1500 Hyperbar diesel engine
The SACM V8X-1500 Hyperbar diesel engine is a high-performance, hyperbar turbocharged diesel powerplant developed to provide the French Leclerc main battle tank with exceptional mobility and acceleration.
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B.
Continental R975 radial engine
The Continental R975 radial engine is a nine-cylinder air-cooled gasoline aircraft engine widely adapted during World War II to power U.S. armored vehicles, most notably the M4 Sherman medium tank.
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C.
Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
The Continental AV-1790-3 is a large, air-cooled V12 gasoline engine developed in the mid-20th century to power American heavy armored vehicles such as the M46 Patton tank.
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D.
Siddeley Puma engine
The Siddeley Puma engine was a British six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine widely used in World War I-era military aircraft.
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E.
Perkins CV12-6A V12 diesel
The Perkins CV12-6A is a 12-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine used as the powerplant for the British Challenger 2 main battle tank.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: V-54 diesel engine Target entity description: The V-54 diesel engine is a Soviet V-12, water-cooled, four-stroke diesel powerplant widely used to propel T-54 main battle tanks and their variants.
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A.
SACM V8X-1500 Hyperbar diesel engine
The SACM V8X-1500 Hyperbar diesel engine is a high-performance, hyperbar turbocharged diesel powerplant developed to provide the French Leclerc main battle tank with exceptional mobility and acceleration.
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B.
Continental R975 radial engine
The Continental R975 radial engine is a nine-cylinder air-cooled gasoline aircraft engine widely adapted during World War II to power U.S. armored vehicles, most notably the M4 Sherman medium tank.
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C.
Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
The Continental AV-1790-3 is a large, air-cooled V12 gasoline engine developed in the mid-20th century to power American heavy armored vehicles such as the M46 Patton tank.
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D.
Siddeley Puma engine
The Siddeley Puma engine was a British six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine widely used in World War I-era military aircraft.
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E.
Perkins CV12-6A V12 diesel
The Perkins CV12-6A is a 12-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine used as the powerplant for the British Challenger 2 main battle tank.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diesel engine
ⓘ
tank engine ⓘ |
| application | armored fighting vehicles ⓘ |
| aspiration | naturally aspirated ⓘ |
| bore | 150 mm ⓘ |
| compressionIgnition | true ⓘ |
| configuration | V-12 ⓘ |
| coolingMedium | liquid coolant ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | water-cooled ⓘ |
| coolingType | forced circulation water cooling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crankshaftSupport | seven main bearings ⓘ |
| cylinderArrangement | 60-degree V ⓘ |
| cylinderCount | 12 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Alexander Morozov ⓘ |
| designedFor |
T-54 tank family
ⓘ
linked to:
T-54 tank
|
| displacement | 38.88 L ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| family | V-2 engine family ⓘ |
| fuelPumpType | inline injection pump ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | direct injection ⓘ |
| fuelType | diesel fuel ⓘ |
| governorType | mechanical governor ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 900 kg ⓘ |
| numberOfStrokesPerCycle | 4 ⓘ |
| originModel | V-2 tank diesel engine ⓘ |
| powerOutput |
520 hp
ⓘ
about 382 kW ⓘ |
| primaryUse | main battle tank propulsion ⓘ |
| startingSystem |
compressed air starter
ⓘ
electric starter ⓘ |
| stroke | 180 mm ⓘ |
| strokeCycle | four-stroke ⓘ |
| successor | V-55 diesel engine ⓘ |
| typicalOperatingSpeed | up to about 2000 rpm ⓘ |
| usedByCountry |
China
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ Warsaw Pact states ⓘ
linked to:
Warsaw Pact
various export customers ⓘ |
| usedInVehicle |
T-54 main battle tank
ⓘ
linked to:
T-54 tank
T-54-based engineering vehicles ⓘ T-54A main battle tank ⓘ
linked to:
T-54 tank
T-54B main battle tank ⓘ
linked to:
T-54 tank
T-54M main battle tank ⓘ
linked to:
T-54 tank
T-55 main battle tank ⓘ
linked to:
T-55 tank
Type 59 tank ⓘ |
| valvetrain | overhead valve ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: V-54 diesel engine Description of subject: The V-54 diesel engine is a Soviet V-12, water-cooled, four-stroke diesel powerplant widely used to propel T-54 main battle tanks and their variants.
Referenced by (1)
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